The original poster "masterridley" (a new member) clearly stated in his first sentence that he is using dBpoweramp from Illustrate software to conduct his LAME MP3 encodings. AFAIK, the dBpoweramp GUI does not allow for -Y switches or -Y parameter changes in the LAME MP3 configuration choice. It does however have a user selectable choice for "high or normal quality" MP3 encodings but I do not think this is the same as a -Y switch (however I could be wrong about this). So "masterridley" if you are still reading this topic, you should know that the -Y switch discussion in your topic may not directly affect your usage of dBpoweramp to encode MP3 files.

Also, a message for Winamp developer Benski who posted before me in this topic.

Benski, it would be nice if there was a way for Winamp users to make -Y switches as well as more detailed LAME MP3 parameter changes in the Winamp GUI. For example, I believe the LAME MP3 configuration GUI in Winamp's current version 5.55 is getting a little outdated and should be updated. Winamp still uses the older "-- alt preset fast standard" LAME MP3 VBR quality selection format which I believe is outdated (but still the same quality as the newer -V selection methods).